Picmoor Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.70911, -2.31497
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,211 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,211 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSkylark · Woodcock · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Fieldfare +25
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- CootFulica atra2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
Mole · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Field Vole +4
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Greater Horntail Wasp
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
Yorkshire-fog · Black Medick · Common Fumitory · Nipplewort · Sun Spurge +39
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,211 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSkylark · Woodcock · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Fieldfare +25
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- CootFulica atra2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
Mole · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Field Vole +4
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Greater Horntail Wasp
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
Yorkshire-fog · Black Medick · Common Fumitory · Nipplewort · Sun Spurge +39
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
- Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badger
Badger
Meles meles2024
Meles meles2024
PolecatMustela putorius2023PolecatMustela putorius2023Fallow DeerDama dama2023Fallow DeerDama dama2023Common Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaWeldReseda luteolaWeldReseda luteolaBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareTaraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusRemote SedgeCarex remotaRemote SedgeCarex remotaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisOpium PoppyPapaver somniferumOpium PoppyPapaver somniferumSticky GroundselSenecio viscosusSticky GroundselSenecio viscosusCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisCommon SallowSalix cinereaCommon SallowSalix cinereaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleRedshankPersicaria maculosaRedshankPersicaria maculosaPolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum aviculareCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusGreat MulleinVerbascum thapsusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius